Orbital Operations (YC Winter 2025)

TL;DR: Orbital Operations is a Y Combinator Winter 2025 startup High Thrust Space Vehicles for Satellite Defense, currently active with a team of 2.

High Thrust Space Vehicles for Satellite Defense

YC ID
30293
YC Batch
Winter 2025
Status
Active
Team size
2
Industry
Industrials, Aviation and Space
YC profile
https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/orbital-operations

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Orbital Operations is developing a high thrust, reusable space vehicle for satellite defense. We protect critical satellites, like GPS and Military communication satellites, from adversarial threats, like China and Russia. Our vehicle will use the exact same propulsion systems that launch vehicles have used for decades by implementing a cryogenic management system. This will give us over 100x the thrust or current in-space propulsion. Ross and I have over 15 years of combined aerospace experience across NASA, Aerojet Rocketdyne, SpaceX, Blue Origin, and Relativity Space. We’ve worked side by side for more than 3.5 years developing propulsion systems, turbomachinery, and building our own respective engineering teams. We are currently working on the first demo of our unique cryo management…

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Frequently asked questions

Is Orbital Operations a YC (Y Combinator) company?

Yes. Orbital Operations was funded by Y Combinator in the Winter 2025 batch. High Thrust Space Vehicles for Satellite Defense

What does Orbital Operations do?

Orbital Operations is developing a high thrust, reusable space vehicle for satellite defense. We protect critical satellites, like GPS and Military communication satellites, from adversarial threats, like China and Russia. Our vehicle will use the exact same propulsion systems that launch vehicles have used for decade…

What YC batch was Orbital Operations in?

Orbital Operations was part of Y Combinator's Winter 2025 batch.

How big is Orbital Operations?

Orbital Operations has a team of 2 people according to Y Combinator's directory.

Is Orbital Operations still active?

Orbital Operations is currently listed as Active with a team of 2 in Y Combinator's directory.

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